A review by lifeinthebooklane
Missing in Action by Kate Canterbary

5.0

- god save me from this thunderous man -

The perfect recipe for the ultimate MM romance.

Take one bruised, battered but not totally broken spy,
Add in one sassy, snarky, organised to the nth degree man called Tom,
Blend together with enough chemistry and heat to power a volcano,
Throw in great writing, a sprinkle of Walsh goodness, some sunburn and a wedding.
Shake, stir, shake some more and then sit back and enjoy this masterpiece of romance.



Both characters who have appeared at one time or another in previous Walsh books, Wes is the brother to Lauren and Will whilst Tom is the guy who keeps the Walsh architecture firm running. However you can 100% read this as a stand alone story, though you'd be barking mad to miss out on the rest of the Walsh and Halstead families finding their HEA's.

His words were easy, almost matter of fact, but there was nothing easy about the hard glint in his eyes. And those eyes, they shone like an endless night. Deep enough that I almost fell in and drowned...

I can promise this book will grab ahold of your emotions, pummel them into submission, make you laugh, swoon and cry before leaving you with all the feels and a hugely satisfied smile on your face. If this book isn't better than sex it's as close as anything is going to get to it.

A smile warned his face and it took all my strength to keep from dragging him into my arms because anyone with that much sweet and boyish needed to be held close, held tight. And degraded a bit too.

Don't like MM? This is the book that will make you change your mind. Love MM? This is the book that will set the bar so high you'll struggle to find anything else as good. Which ever camp you are currently in, Tom, Wes, their inner struggles, physical and emotional baggage and tender hearts will totally enthrall you. I wanted to snatch this pair up and wrap them up in cotton wool, clutch them to my breast, lavish them with love and hug them until all their hurts went away.

He squeezed my hand again, hard enough to snap my attention away from everything else. "I've got you."

There are moments of humour, from little Abby and her feisty attitude, to Shannon's salty and full of snark texts, moments that will make you swoon and melt, and others that will cut deep into your heart. These are all tied together into an incredible story, one where you won't want to put the book down, one where you won't be able to turn the pages quickly enough, one where you want to get to the end whilst simultaneously never wanting the end of the book to be reached.


My words can't do adequate justice to this story. I loved it. I highly recommend it. It's amazing, fantastic, astounding.

and then he kissed me, hard and fast at first but then deep and deliberate, like sucking caramel off a spoon.
...
...
..and it was everything. Absolutely everything.